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Postpone setting up of more IITs

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Smirti Irani

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The Petition

The Human Resources Development Minister, Smriti Irani has proposed a plan to set up eight new IITs in the country. However, the existing IITs are lacking in infrastructure and faculty members. In fact, in the older IITs, over 41 percent of the teaching staff is still going vacant. Approximately, 2198 vacancies for teaching staff are yet to be filled in the older IITs. The following are the IITs which lag behind with the highest percentage of vacant seats for the faculty members:

• Banaras Hindu University- 57%

• Delhi- 50%

• Kharagpur- 48%

• Guwahati- 42%

The other old IITs are lagging behind with the percentage of 19-38 percent. Moreover, the eight IITs that were set up in 2009 have not yet been shifted to their permanent campuses. The new IITs had to cut half the maximum number of students from 1000 to 500. The students have to share rooms at the hostels which are meant for either one or two students. As a matter of fact, the laboratories and classrooms are falling behind with the basic infrastructure necessities. With such shortage, it is not wise to set more IITs which are going to meet the same destiny as the others have met.

To,

Mrs. Smriti Irani

Human Resource Development Minister

Ma’am,

The decision of setting up of new IITs all over the country should be reviewed as the existing IITs have failed to meet the requirements of the infrastructure and the teaching staff. Furthermore, it will add up to the list of currently struggling IITs all over the nation. More IITs would require even larger number of faculty which the older ones are already dealing with. In fact, it will be a task to recruit the staff in remote areas. It further adds to the issue whether the spouses of the teachers will be provided with accommodation and vocation. It’s not possible to offer vocation to them in the remote areas according to their qualifications. Also, companies may show their reluctance to give placement to the students from suburb areas.

Can’t the existing IITs be given more attention and meet the requirements it needs? This will surely prove to be worthwhile as it will not only empower these institutes but save a larger amount of funds; which will be needed for the setting up of new IITs. Since, you have shown willingness to look into the matter of four-year graduation of Delhi University, the IIT students of the nation hope that you will take measures to resolve this matter as well.